Aliya Lakhani
Associate
Precursor Ventures
Precursor Associate focused on sourcing, diligence, and early-stage founder support.
Bio
Professional summary
Ashtan Jordan is a Principal and checkwriter at Precursor Ventures. Before joining the firm, she spent time building companies and products at the earliest stages as a founder and product leader. She began her career as an investment banking analyst at Citigroup. Her education includes Howard University and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and she is a Kauffman Fellow.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
pre-seedseed
Sector
softwarehardwareconsumerenterprise SaaS
Thesis
earliest-stage founderspeople-over-product founder evaluation
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with the founder story, the earliest proof of customer or user pull, and why the team is unusually suited to build the company before the market is obvious. Her founder and product background suggests she may respond well to crisp product insight and a clear explanation of why now is the right time.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference her founder and product-leadership background when framing product-market insight.
- 2Emphasize why the founding team is compelling at the pre-seed or seed stage.
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